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ENGM 301: LITERARY CRITICISM > MIDTERMS EXAM > Flashcards

MIDTERMS EXAM Flashcards

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This approach focuses on the structure. The analysis stresses items like symbols, images, and structure
and how one part of the work relates to other parts and to the whole.

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How is the work’s structure unified?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How do various elements of the work reinforce its meaning?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What recurring patterns (repeated or related words, images, etc.) can you find? What is the effect of these patterns or
motifs?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does repetition reinforce the theme(s)?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does the writer’s diction reveal or reflect the work’s meaning?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What is the effect of the plot, and what parts specifically produce that effect?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What figures of speech are used? (Metaphors, similes, etc.)

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Note the writer’s use of paradox, irony, symbol, plot, characterization, and style of narration. What effects are produced?
Do any of these relate to one another or to the theme?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Is there a relationship between the beginning and the end of the story?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What tone and mood are created at various parts of the work?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Formalistic Approach How does the author create tone and mood? What relationship is there between tone and mood and the effect of the
story?

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Formalistic Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How do the various elements interact to create a unified whole?

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Formalistic Approach

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This approach focuses on themes, view of the world, moral statements, author’s ideology,
etc.

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What view of life does the story present? Which character best articulates this viewpoint?

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: According to this work’s view of life, what is mankind’s relationship to God? To the universe?

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What moral statement, if any, does this story make? Is it explicit or implicit?

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What is the author’s attitude toward his world? Toward fate? Toward God?

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What is the author’s conception of good and evil?

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What does the work say about the nature of good or evil?

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Philosophical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What does the work say about human nature?

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Philosophical Approach

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Focuses on connection of work to author’s personal experiences.

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Biographical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What aspects of the author’s personal life are relevant to this story?

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Biographical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Which of the author’s stated beliefs are reflected in the work?

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Biographical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Does the writer challenge or support the values of her contemporaries?

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Biographical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What seem to be the author’s major concerns? Do they reflect any of the writer’s personal experiences?

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Biographical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Do any of the events in the story correspond to events experienced by the author?

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Biographical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Do any of the characters in the story correspond to real people?

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Biographical Approach

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This approach focuses on connection of work to the period in which it was written; attempts to connect the background of the work to specific aspects of the work.

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does it reflect the time in which it was written?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How accurately does the story depict the time in which it is set?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What literary or historical influences helped to shape the form and content of the work?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does the story reflect the attitudes and beliefs of the time in which it was written or set? (Consider beliefs and
attitudes related to race, religion, politics, gender, society, philosophy, etc.)

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What other literary works may have influenced the writer?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What historical events or movements might have influenced this writer?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How would characters and events in this story have been viewed by the writer’s contemporaries?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Does the story reveal or contradict the prevailing values of the time in which it was written? Does it provide an opposing
view of the period’s prevailing values?

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Historical Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How important is it the historical context (the work’s and the reader’s) to interpreting the work?

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Historical Approach

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This approach focuses on the psychology of characters.

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What forces are motivating the characters?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Which behaviors of the characters are conscious ones?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Which are unconscious?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What conscious or unconscious conflicts exist between the characters?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Given their backgrounds, how plausible is the characters’ behavior?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Are the theories of Freud or other psychologists applicable to this work? To what degree?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Do any of the characters correspond to the parts of the tripartite self? (Id, ego, superego)

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What roles do psychological disorders and dreams play in this story?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Are the characters recognizable psychological types?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How might a psychological approach account for different responses in female and male readers?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does the work reflect the writer’s personal psychology?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What do the characters’ emotions and behaviors reveal about their psychological states?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does the work reflect the unconscious dimensions of the writer’s mind?

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Psychological Approach

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does the reader’s own psychology affect his response to the work?

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Psychological Approach

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This approach examines images of women and concepts of the feminine in myth and literature;
uses the psychological, archetypal, and sociological approaches, often focuses on female characters who have been
neglected in previous criticism. Attempts to correct or supplement what they regard as a predominantly male dominated critical perspective

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How are women’s lives portrayed in the work?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Is the form and content of the work influenced by the writer’s gender?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How do male and female characters relate to one another? Are these relationships sources of conflict? Are these conflicts
resolved?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: Does the work challenge or affirm traditional views of women?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How do the images of women in the story reflect patriarchal social forces that have impeded women’s efforts to achieve
full equality with men?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What marital expectations are imposed on the characters? What effect do these expectations have?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: What behavioral expectations are imposed on the characters? What effect do these expectations have? H. If a female
character were male, how would the story be different (and vice versa)?

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Feminist Criticism

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FROM WHAT APPROACH IS THIS: How does the marital status of a character affect her decisions or happiness?

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Feminist Criticism

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literary approach that prioritizes the subjective response of the critic to a text. Rather than adhering to strict analytical frameworks or objective standards, critics on this approach focus on their personal, emotional, and intuitive reactions to the work.

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Impressionistic criticism

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literary theory that examines recurring symbols, characters, and themes across different cultures and time periods.

It’s based on the idea that certain patterns and motifs are universal, rooted in the collective unconscious. By recognizing this approach we can gain deeper insights into the meaning and significance of a text.

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Archetypal Approach

ENGM 301: LITERARY CRITICISM (1 decks)

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